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· Feb 4
We do not have the luxury of surrender | David Forbes
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Feeling fear is understandable. But we are responsible for our actions in the face of it.
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So...this meeting just literally happened.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So...this meeting just literally happened.
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You cannot simultaneously say "KOSA is bad" or "Steam should not censor adult content" and "maybe Dworkin had some good ideas" because if she were alive today she'd be all about passing KOSA and Steam censoring adult content!
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You cannot simultaneously say "KOSA is bad" or "Steam should not censor adult content" and "maybe Dworkin had some good ideas" because if she were alive today she'd be all about passing KOSA and Steam censoring adult content!
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The thing that's so surreal about all this too is that I saw how everyone reacted to the Steam and Itch stuff a couple months ago. You all hated it. Dworkin and MacKinnon were the pioneers of that kind of stuff though! That was literally their praxis! So why are you trying to reclaim them?
This. Also Dworkin worked with literal fascists, in the middle of genocide, to betray trans and queer people. Her legacy among queer and trans communities should be nothing but disgust and a goddamn warning.
The thing is that if you want to do this, you need sex workers, because sex workers are the ones who are always the most militant, who are always at the forefront of the struggle
And when people write books about retvrning to dworkin, you split the trans civilians from the sex workers
And when people write books about retvrning to dworkin, you split the trans civilians from the sex workers
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The thing that's so surreal about all this too is that I saw how everyone reacted to the Steam and Itch stuff a couple months ago. You all hated it. Dworkin and MacKinnon were the pioneers of that kind of stuff though! That was literally their praxis! So why are you trying to reclaim them?
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look idk what to tell you, there is always a Manchin, always a Fetterman, always a Sinema, because *it serves the core interests of the democratic party* to have them around
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
look idk what to tell you, there is always a Manchin, always a Fetterman, always a Sinema, because *it serves the core interests of the democratic party* to have them around
So many disasters stem from labor issues.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So many disasters stem from labor issues.
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In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
"Those radicals you've been told to find loud, 'unreasonable' and annoying keep consisently being correct, so maybe this should finally prompt some rethinking of your assumptions" remains undefeated.
If they are acting the way "bad faith leftists" assume they act, maybe the leftists were simply correct? In fact, if you look at the leftist sentiment on everything this past election cycle, they have the single most accurate track record of anyone else.
Maybe it's just salient analysis.
Maybe it's just salient analysis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Those radicals you've been told to find loud, 'unreasonable' and annoying keep consisently being correct, so maybe this should finally prompt some rethinking of your assumptions" remains undefeated.
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Bet you they were deeply racist before all this as well. 💀💀💀💀
Transphobia is a pipeline to the far right. An example:
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore used to be a left wing columnist at the Guardian.
Then came the anti-trans panic. Despite the Guardian also promoting it, it wasn’t enough & she left.
Moore is now complaining about wokeness over the Irish famine & colonialism.
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Bet you they were deeply racist before all this as well. 💀💀💀💀
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fascists
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
fascists
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There is a world elsewhere. 🏴
Every barista, bartender, customer service rep, social worker, prostitute, cam girl, domme, woodworker, artist, therapist, and writer I know has stronger principles than anyone in Congress.
Think about the people in your circle, and ask yourself if politicians even remotely measure up.
Think about the people in your circle, and ask yourself if politicians even remotely measure up.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There is a world elsewhere. 🏴
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A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
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The level of normie involvement and investment in Chicago in what is essential a city-wide* decentralized grassroots mutual aid program of resistance to ICE/CBP — it is truly a remarkable inspiration in these otherwise awful times.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The level of normie involvement and investment in Chicago in what is essential a city-wide* decentralized grassroots mutual aid program of resistance to ICE/CBP — it is truly a remarkable inspiration in these otherwise awful times.
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The Liberals literally told trans, disabled, and Palistinian people to go die in the camps about it when we brought this up during Kamala's campaign btw.
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Liberals literally told trans, disabled, and Palistinian people to go die in the camps about it when we brought this up during Kamala's campaign btw.
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Always relevant!
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Always relevant!
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TERFs are "feminist" in the same way the Nazis were "socialist": As a cover for stupid rubes.
And gender criticals in general have fascist personality traits: Petty middle-class revanchism, obsession with hierarchy & order, seeing "others" not as indviduals but projections of their grievances etc.
And gender criticals in general have fascist personality traits: Petty middle-class revanchism, obsession with hierarchy & order, seeing "others" not as indviduals but projections of their grievances etc.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
TERFs are "feminist" in the same way the Nazis were "socialist": As a cover for stupid rubes.
And gender criticals in general have fascist personality traits: Petty middle-class revanchism, obsession with hierarchy & order, seeing "others" not as indviduals but projections of their grievances etc.
And gender criticals in general have fascist personality traits: Petty middle-class revanchism, obsession with hierarchy & order, seeing "others" not as indviduals but projections of their grievances etc.
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I am of the firm opinion that “gender-critical” transphobia is fascism. And not just “fascism adjacent” or “fascist enabling” but fascism front & centre.
Owning slaves, invading other peoples’ countries and starving people to death are not “contentious”, they are fascism.
Owning slaves, invading other peoples’ countries and starving people to death are not “contentious”, they are fascism.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I am of the firm opinion that “gender-critical” transphobia is fascism. And not just “fascism adjacent” or “fascist enabling” but fascism front & centre.
Owning slaves, invading other peoples’ countries and starving people to death are not “contentious”, they are fascism.
Owning slaves, invading other peoples’ countries and starving people to death are not “contentious”, they are fascism.
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All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
All hope drawn from politicians is ultimately false hope. The only true hope in this world is the hope we create together
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
There is a world elsewhere. 🏴
Every barista, bartender, customer service rep, social worker, prostitute, cam girl, domme, woodworker, artist, therapist, and writer I know has stronger principles than anyone in Congress.
Think about the people in your circle, and ask yourself if politicians even remotely measure up.
Think about the people in your circle, and ask yourself if politicians even remotely measure up.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There is a world elsewhere. 🏴
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"Well what were they supposed to do? Fight? Against their enemies? Do you even hear yourself?"
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"Well what were they supposed to do? Fight? Against their enemies? Do you even hear yourself?"
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Cannot emphasize enough that they're getting booed on the like Salute to Service night at a fucking Washington Commanders game
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Cannot emphasize enough that they're getting booed on the like Salute to Service night at a fucking Washington Commanders game
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Please share for Link ⚠️ yesterday was our worst day of fundraising for the giving circle since August.
That means six families go without fundamental necessities, such as food.
Ok?
Click “weekly” on a coffee—it’s their only lifeline.
That means six families go without fundamental necessities, such as food.
Ok?
Click “weekly” on a coffee—it’s their only lifeline.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Please share for Link ⚠️ yesterday was our worst day of fundraising for the giving circle since August.
That means six families go without fundamental necessities, such as food.
Ok?
Click “weekly” on a coffee—it’s their only lifeline.
That means six families go without fundamental necessities, such as food.
Ok?
Click “weekly” on a coffee—it’s their only lifeline.
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The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
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Y'all, the richest man in the world is boiling the ocean to create divorce taulpas.
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Y'all, the richest man in the world is boiling the ocean to create divorce taulpas.